Horrible crash claims six

BONUS - RUSTENBURG - BUFFELSPOORT - Four children and two adults were killed after a vehicle set alight on the N4 towards Buffelspoort on Sunday morning.

It is believed that the driver lost control of the car and crashed into a pillar before the vehicle set alight. At approximately 10h50, ER24 paramedics arrived at the scene and saw that there was nothing they could do to save the patients.

A woman who was killed in the incident was believed to be pregnant and three children, all believed to be between the ages of 6 to 9 years old, were also in the car.

The woman, children and a man were declared dead on the scene by various emergency services.

The exact circumstances surrounding the incident were not yet known to our paramedics but local authorities were on the scene for investigations.